Bhagavatapurana 3.26.24

3.26.24

vaikārikas taijasaś ca tāmasaś ca yato bhavaḥ /
manasaś cendriyāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ mahatām api //

24. The three kinds of Ahankara are the Vaikarika, the Taijasa and Tamasa from which proceeds the evolution of the mind, of the organs of sense and action and also of the great Bhutas.

[From the Vaikarika Ahankara which is specially employed in the creation of the gods such as the Dig-Devatas, the deities presiding over the cardinal points and other deities were born; out of the Taijasa Ahankara are produced the principle of Buddhi, its presiding deity Uma and the Ahankarika Prana;

sound and other subtle principles were produced out of the Tamasa Ahankara (Tamasa Ahankara is the source or creator of sound, and other objects of the senses) ; thus the Ahankara Tattva is of three kinds in which the gunas are mixed up.]